Community guide · Brooklyn

Prospect Heights

One of Brooklyn's most central and connected neighborhoods in ZIP 11238 - home to Barclays Center, next to the Brooklyn Museum and Botanic Garden, with historic brownstones and the restaurants of Vanderbilt Avenue at your door. Here is what it is actually like to live here.

Street view of Prospect Heights, a neighborhood served by Joseph Ranola
Prospect HeightsStreet-level look
11238
ZIP code
Brooklyn
Borough
$800K - $3.5M+
Typical home range
Atlantic hub
How people commute
Living here

The most central corner of brownstone Brooklyn.

Prospect Heights is small, central, and one of the most desirable neighborhoods in Brooklyn. The housing stock is defined by beautiful historic brownstones and low rise buildings on quiet, tree lined blocks, wrapped around some of the borough's biggest destinations. It is a neighborhood where you can walk to a concert, a museum, a park, and dinner all in the same evening.

The heart of it is Vanderbilt Avenue, one of Brooklyn's best dining and cafe strips, with the Brooklyn Museum, the Botanic Garden, Prospect Park, and Barclays Center all within a short walk. Add the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center transit hub and you have a neighborhood that puts nearly everything within reach.

Why people love Prospect Heights

  • Historic brownstones on quiet, tree lined blocks
  • Barclays Center and the Atlantic Avenue transit hub
  • Next to the Brooklyn Museum and Botanic Garden
  • The Vanderbilt Avenue dining and cafe scene
  • Prospect Park a short walk away
  • One of the most central locations in Brooklyn
What is around you

The Prospect Heights highlights

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Barclays Center

Home of the Brooklyn Nets and a top concert venue, plus the Atlantic Avenue transit hub right at the neighborhood's edge.

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Brooklyn Museum

One of the largest art museums in the country sits just a few blocks from the residential streets.

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Botanic Garden

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden's 52 acres of gardens and blooms are a short walk away.

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Vanderbilt Avenue

One of Brooklyn's best dining strips - restaurants, cafes, and bars line the neighborhood's main corridor.

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Brownstone Blocks

Quiet, tree lined streets of historic row houses and low rise buildings - classic brownstone Brooklyn.

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Prospect Park

Brooklyn's great green space is a short walk from the neighborhood, with trails, meadows, and the lake.

Market snapshot

What Prospect Heights homes are doing

Prospect Heights is one of Brooklyn's strongest markets. Homes trade in a broad range from about $800,000 for condos and smaller properties to $3.5 million and more for restored multifamily brownstones, with the number set by size, condition, block, and how close you are to the park and the transit hub. Renovated townhouses on the best blocks sell at the top of that range. Because buyers compete hard for well located, well presented homes, the good ones tend to move quickly and often draw more than one offer.

Those are ranges, not your number. The only way to know what a specific Prospect Heights home is worth today is a real read on the exact property and the most recent sales on its block.

Good to know

Prospect Heights questions people ask

What is Prospect Heights known for?

Prospect Heights, in ZIP 11238, is known for being home to Barclays Center, sitting next to the Brooklyn Museum and Brooklyn Botanic Garden, its historic brownstones, and the restaurants of Vanderbilt Avenue. Its central location makes it one of Brooklyn's most connected neighborhoods.

How much do homes cost in Prospect Heights?

Homes trade in a broad range from about $800,000 for condos and smaller properties to $3.5 million and more for restored multifamily brownstones, depending on size, condition, and block. For a current price on a specific home, request a free valuation.

Is Prospect Heights a good place to live?

It is one of Brooklyn's most central and sought after neighborhoods. Residents value the historic brownstones, the walkability, the Vanderbilt Avenue dining scene, the proximity to Barclays Center, the Brooklyn Museum and Botanic Garden, and quick access to Prospect Park.

How is the commute from Prospect Heights?

Prospect Heights is one of the best connected neighborhoods in Brooklyn. The Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center hub serves the 2, 3, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, and R trains, with the C and G nearby, putting Downtown Brooklyn, Lower Manhattan, and Midtown within a direct ride.

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